1956 Birthday Gift: The Year You Were Born Book – Printable 70th Birthday Keepsake

Turning 70? The Year You Were Born: 1956 is a 19-page printable keepsake all about the year they arrived. The year of Elvis, the first Interstate highway, a perfect game in the World Series and the Olympics Down Under.

Did you know? In 1956, Elvis Presley’s “Heartbreak Hotel” was the No. 1 song of the year, and Don Larsen pitched the only perfect game in World Series history.

Inside:

• The year at a glance: who was in charge, the song of the year, the biggest film, the champions and more
• Month-by-month news from 1956, with each month’s No. 1 hits
• The No. 1 song for every week of 1956: look up the song from the week they were born
• The top 20 songs of the year
• At the movies: the year’s biggest films and the Oscar winners
• The most-watched TV shows of the season
• Sports champions and the Olympics
• Firsts and breakthroughs in science and technology, plus the Nobel Prize winners
• What things cost in 1956, and what $100 of things back then would cost today
• 50 famous people born in 1956
• A 12-question 1956 trivia quiz, with the answers printed upside down
• A fill-in “The Day You Arrived” page for memories and a birthday note

A thoughtful 70th birthday gift: print the whole book, tuck a few pages into a card, set the quiz out at the party, or frame the cover. US Letter size; prints well in colour or black and white.

Facts from Wikipedia, Wikidata, Billboard chart lists, Nielsen ratings and U.S. government price data, checked October 2026. Prices are U.S. figures. An independent keepsake, not affiliated with Billboard or anyone named. This is a digital download; no physical item will be shipped. For personal use.